MENC: The National Association for Music Education Golf Tournament to Benefit Caitlin Merie Hurrey Scholarship Fund Raises $5,420

Golf Outing Benefits Music Education

RESTON, VA (PRWEB) July 23, 2003 -- MENC: The National Association for Music Education hosted the Caitlin Merie Hurrey Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament on July 15, 2003 at Reston National Golf Course in Reston, Virginia. Businesses and individuals were encouraged to participate in and/or sponsor this event, which raised $5,420 for the scholarship fund.

The Caitlin Merie Hurrey Scholarship Fund has been established as part of MENCs Fund for the Advancement of Music Education (FAME). Caitlin Merie Hurrey was nine years old, and in the fourth grade at Huntingtown Elementary School, in Huntingtown, Maryland when she died. She loved to play in the band and sing in the chorus.

The Caitlin Scholarship Fund will provide two scholarships each year: one for any high school senior who is planning to attend an accredited college or university, and has a personal connection to Huntingtown Elementary School (parent, student, family member); the other scholarship is for an MENC parent member to assist in sending one of their children to college.

I am delighted and very thankful to MENC for supporting Caitlin's scholarship fund. This scholarship fund will honor Caitlin's name and provide needed financial assistance to students for many years to come," says Earl Hurrey, Assistant Executive Director for Project Development and Programs at MENC and Caitlin's father.
   
For more information about the Caitlin Merie Hurrey Scholarship Fund, please contact Crystal Blue at crystalb@menc.org, or 800-336-3768.         

For more information about MENC visit the Web site at www.menc.org or call 1-800-336-3768.

MENC: The National Association for Music Education, the worlds largest arts education organization, is the only association that addresses all aspects of music education. More than 100,000 members represent all levels of teaching from preschool to graduate school. Since 1907, MENC has worked to ensure that every student has access to a well-balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality program of music instruction taught by qualified teachers.
MENCs activities and resources have been largely responsible for the establishment of music education as a profession, for the promotion and guidance of music study as an integral part of the school curriculum, and for the development of the National Standards for Arts Education.

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